Grants

Grants

Competitive. Targeted. Making an Impact. With its grants and awards program, the University of Wisconsin Global Health Institute supports innovative global health work in Wisconsin and across the world. From monitoring mercury contamination in fish to improving care for diabetics. Combating antimicrobial resistance to providing health care to rural families. Improving nutrition to giving emergency physicians information they need when they need it.

72 grants to faculty, staff and students have jump-started new research, brought international collaborators to campus and opened opportunities for students. Together, they are improving health and well-being for all–people, animals and the planet.

GHI’s call for grant applications is usually issued in October/November with a submission deadline in February. Grants are awarded for the following fiscal year. For more information, contact globalhealth@ghi.wisc.edu.

Impact

Building off of a 2016 GHI Seed Grant, Block is using a new UW2020 grant to develop an online flood and health risk management system in an attempt to give relief organizations months — not hours or days — to prepare for disasters.

2016 Seed Grant recipient Jessica Corman kicked of the 2017-18 GH Tuesday series, discussing her investigation of the impact of nutrient pollution and invasive species in Lake Victoria, with the aim of identifying local solutions to mitigate water quality challenges. The presentation was delivered at UW-Madison in Sept. 2017.

Donghoon Lee, a graduate student in civil and environmental engineering, discusses his research with Paul Block, 2016 GHI Seed Grant recipient. This grant was provided to facilitate investigation into flood prediction to support advanced disaster preparedness and predict public health risks. The presentation was delivered at UW-Madison in Nov. 2017.